[Frankie D.]

Hey,

Alright so I fixed my other problem on my own, however, I do suspect this is spyware but I am posting it here because this is the forum for internet and browers.

Everytime I try to check my hotmail or other sites, it keeps going to http://www.security2k.net/, it says that it is my homepage, so, I go and change my homepage to my desired site and click apply. I test out the homepage button and it still ends up with http://www.security2k.net/. This is starting to be annoying.

Frankie D.

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Looks like you still have some Spyware Leftover

Please Follow theses instructions :

Go To Start - Run - Type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC - then press enter.

Open the hosts file using notepad.

Copy and Paste all of what it has there and we Will take a look at it for you.

[cleverboy12]

Looks like you still have some Spyware Leftover

Please Follow theses instructions :

Go To Start - Run - Type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC - then press enter.

Open the hosts file using notepad.

Copy and Paste all of what it has there and we Will take a look at it for you.

[Frankie D.]

Thank You for Replying...here is what it gave me

## Copyright © 1993-2001 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This file has been automatically generated for use by Microsoft Internet
# Connection Sharing. It contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names
# for the home network. Please do not make changes to the HOSTS.ICS file.
# Any changes may result in a loss of connectivity between machines on the
# local network.
#

#10.254.254.254 defran-a5n4d52c.mshome.net # 2010 8 5 13 23 26 43 468

[cleverboy12]

Does it have anything below that ?

[Frankie D.]

Nope...thats about it.

[cleverboy12]

Ok this time do the same but go to services instead of hosts.

copy and paste it again.

[Frankie D.]

# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This file contains port numbers for well-known services defined by IANA
#
# Format:
#
# <service name> <port number>/<protocol> [aliases...] [#<comment>]
#

echo 7/tcp
echo 7/udp
discard 9/tcp sink null
discard 9/udp sink null
systat 11/tcp users #Active users
systat 11/tcp users #Active users
daytime 13/tcp
daytime 13/udp
qotd 17/tcp quote #Quote of the day
qotd 17/udp quote #Quote of the day
chargen 19/tcp ttytst source #Character generator
chargen 19/udp ttytst source #Character generator
ftp-data 20/tcp #FTP, data
ftp 21/tcp #FTP. control
telnet 23/tcp
smtp 25/tcp mail #Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
time 37/tcp timserver
time 37/udp timserver
rlp 39/udp resource #Resource Location Protocol
nameserver 42/tcp name #Host Name Server
nameserver 42/udp name #Host Name Server
nicname 43/tcp whois
domain 53/tcp #Domain Name Server
domain 53/udp #Domain Name Server
bootps 67/udp dhcps #Bootstrap Protocol Server
bootpc 68/udp dhcpc #Bootstrap Protocol Client
tftp 69/udp #Trivial File Transfer
gopher 70/tcp
finger 79/tcp
http 80/tcp www www-http #World Wide Web
kerberos 88/tcp krb5 kerberos-sec #Kerberos
kerberos 88/udp krb5 kerberos-sec #Kerberos
hostname 101/tcp hostnames #NIC Host Name Server
iso-tsap 102/tcp #ISO-TSAP Class 0
rtelnet 107/tcp #Remote Telnet Service
pop2 109/tcp postoffice #Post Office Protocol - Version 2
pop3 110/tcp #Post Office Protocol - Version 3
sunrpc 111/tcp rpcbind portmap #SUN Remote Procedure Call
sunrpc 111/udp rpcbind portmap #SUN Remote Procedure Call
auth 113/tcp ident tap #Identification Protocol
uucp-path 117/tcp
nntp 119/tcp usenet #Network News Transfer Protocol
ntp 123/udp #Network Time Protocol
epmap 135/tcp loc-srv #DCE endpoint resolution
epmap 135/udp loc-srv #DCE endpoint resolution
netbios-ns 137/tcp nbname #NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns 137/udp nbname #NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-dgm 138/udp nbdatagram #NETBIOS Datagram Service
netbios-ssn 139/tcp nbsession #NETBIOS Session Service
imap 143/tcp imap4 #Internet Message Access Protocol
pcmail-srv 158/tcp #PCMail Server
snmp 161/udp #SNMP
snmptrap 162/udp snmp-trap #SNMP trap
print-srv 170/tcp #Network PostScript
bgp 179/tcp #Border Gateway Protocol
irc 194/tcp #Internet Relay Chat Protocol
ipx 213/udp #IPX over IP
ldap 389/tcp #Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
https 443/tcp MCom
https 443/udp MCom
microsoft-ds 445/tcp
microsoft-ds 445/udp
kpasswd 464/tcp # Kerberos (v5)
kpasswd 464/udp # Kerberos (v5)
isakmp 500/udp ike #Internet Key Exchange
exec 512/tcp #Remote Process Execution
biff 512/udp comsat
login 513/tcp #Remote Login
who 513/udp whod
cmd 514/tcp shell
syslog 514/udp
printer 515/tcp spooler
talk 517/udp
ntalk 518/udp
efs 520/tcp #Extended File Name Server
router 520/udp route routed
timed 525/udp timeserver
tempo 526/tcp newdate
courier 530/tcp rpc
conference 531/tcp chat
netnews 532/tcp readnews
netwall 533/udp #For emergency broadcasts
uucp 540/tcp uucpd
klogin 543/tcp #Kerberos login
kshell 544/tcp krcmd #Kerberos remote shell
new-rwho 550/udp new-who
remotefs 556/tcp rfs rfs_server
rmonitor 560/udp rmonitord
monitor 561/udp
ldaps 636/tcp sldap #LDAP over TLS/SSL
doom 666/tcp #Doom Id Software
doom 666/udp #Doom Id Software
kerberos-adm 749/tcp #Kerberos administration
kerberos-adm 749/udp #Kerberos administration
kerberos-iv 750/udp #Kerberos version IV
kpop 1109/tcp #Kerberos POP
phone 1167/udp #Conference calling
ms-sql-s 1433/tcp #Microsoft-SQL-Server
ms-sql-s 1433/udp #Microsoft-SQL-Server
ms-sql-m 1434/tcp #Microsoft-SQL-Monitor
ms-sql-m 1434/udp #Microsoft-SQL-Monitor
wins 1512/tcp #Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service
wins 1512/udp #Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service
ingreslock 1524/tcp ingres
l2tp 1701/udp #Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
pptp 1723/tcp #Point-to-point tunnelling protocol
radius 1812/udp #RADIUS authentication protocol
radacct 1813/udp #RADIUS accounting protocol
nfsd 2049/udp nfs #NFS server
knetd 2053/tcp #Kerberos de-multiplexor
man 9535/tcp #Remote Man Server

[cleverboy12]

Did you do something before the first time this happened or did unexpected things happen before the first this happened ?

[Frankie D.]

Well, its all started yesterday, I logged onto the internet and when I clicked to open my internet explorer a bunch of random things pop-up and set my background to an ad that said you need spyware to remove your virus on your computer and then it closed my internet explorer.

Then it said my Wininet.dll was infected, however, I fixed that problem using the McAfee help forum.

So, all I did was log on to the net and opened Internet Explorer

[cleverboy12]

Ok I Have Heard Of This Infection Before.

Well it seems like Security2K is a Browser Hijacker !

Have You Posted a HijackThis Log Yet ?

[Frankie D.]

I've posted a HijackLog on the other forum that deals with spyware when I was having trouble with the Wininet.dll problem...would it help if I copy and pasted that here or should I do another test with Highjack?

[cleverboy12]

Please Post A HiackThis Log In The Malware Forum


A Fresh New HijackThis Log Because There are bound to be entries that have changed

Good Luck

[Frankie D.]

Ok, here is the log

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:54:23 PM, on 18/09/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfAgent.exe
c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\shnlog.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\intmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.DEFRAN-A5N4D52C\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://www.security2...earch.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.security2k.net/bar.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.security2...earch.php?qq=%1
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.hotmail.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.security2...earch.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = http://www.security2...earch.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://www.security2...earch.php?qq=%1
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = http://www.security2k.net/
O2 - BHO: HP Class - {FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFA} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\hp6A43.tmp
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\McUpdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\McAgent.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{041D713B-E005-431F-A0C1-625FD47E0998}: NameServer = 130.63.237.99 130.63.168.21
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{041D713B-E005-431F-A0C1-625FD47E0998}: NameServer = 130.63.237.99 130.63.168.21
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O20 - Winlogon Notify: style32 - C:\WINDOWS\q262156_disk.dll
O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc - c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee, Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe

[cleverboy12]

sorry you were supposed to post a new topic ! :goodluck:

[Frankie D.]

I tried posting in Malware but it says overflood but thanks for your help. In return, I hope you enjoy my site http://ratedr.4t.com

Frankie D.